Primary School Embraces Staff with Autism, Down syndrome, with Benefits to Staff, Students
August 26, 2018
By: Rebecca Carmody
Source: ABC News
On school days, Taelah Smith and Tiana Dillon don’t need any encouragement to get up and moving.
They’re awake at the crack of dawn, bursting with excitement about what the day will bring and eager to put on the staff uniforms that fill them with so much pride.
The two women, both of whom have disabilities, are the newest and happiest recruits at Comet Bay Primary School, south of Perth.
Ms Smith, 19, has Down syndrome, while Ms Dillon, 20, has autism.
They may be volunteers, but the school has embraced them as members of staff, after what began as something of an experiment late last year.